Sam Greene
@samagreene.bsky.social
Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
Once more: The incoherence of the Trump administration should not be confused with incapacity. Trump inherited structures of incomparable global power and is unencumbered by calculations of consequence.
This power may dissipate, but the costs in the interim will be immense.
This power may dissipate, but the costs in the interim will be immense.
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Once more: The incoherence of the Trump administration should not be confused with incapacity. Trump inherited structures of incomparable global power and is unencumbered by calculations of consequence.
This power may dissipate, but the costs in the interim will be immense.
This power may dissipate, but the costs in the interim will be immense.
Maybe — just maybe — we could accept that Labour have done the analysis and know what they’re doing?
August 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Maybe — just maybe — we could accept that Labour have done the analysis and know what they’re doing?
July 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Putin: “I’ve already said that Russians and Ukrainians are one people. In that sense, all of Ukraine is ours. … We have this old rule, that wherever a Russian steps foot — that’s our territory.”
Whatever this is, it’s not a president preparing his people for compromise.
Whatever this is, it’s not a president preparing his people for compromise.
June 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Putin: “I’ve already said that Russians and Ukrainians are one people. In that sense, all of Ukraine is ours. … We have this old rule, that wherever a Russian steps foot — that’s our territory.”
Whatever this is, it’s not a president preparing his people for compromise.
Whatever this is, it’s not a president preparing his people for compromise.
Many thanks to the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social for having me up for the day!
June 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Many thanks to the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social for having me up for the day!
Tell me you don't know anything about Judaism without telling me you don't know anything about Judaism.
May 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Tell me you don't know anything about Judaism without telling me you don't know anything about Judaism.
What a marvelous phrase, “Englished by…”
May 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
What a marvelous phrase, “Englished by…”
This is a bizarre graph. If you look at it quickly, you’d think EU exports to Ukraine were falling. On closer inspection, it’s the opposite — because they inverted the Y-axis.
Why?
Why?
May 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is a bizarre graph. If you look at it quickly, you’d think EU exports to Ukraine were falling. On closer inspection, it’s the opposite — because they inverted the Y-axis.
Why?
Why?
Oh ffs: no, the graduate visa scheme did not lead to an elevenfold increase in overseas students in the UK from 2020 to 2023. Reclassifying EU students as overseas students as of August 2021 did that.
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May 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Oh ffs: no, the graduate visa scheme did not lead to an elevenfold increase in overseas students in the UK from 2020 to 2023. Reclassifying EU students as overseas students as of August 2021 did that.
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For all its faults, the US played an important role in helping to end European colonial rule in Africa. Shifting to an overt policy of neo-colonial extraction—while ending development assistance and ceding genuine diplomacy to China and Russia—is … staggering.
April 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
For all its faults, the US played an important role in helping to end European colonial rule in Africa. Shifting to an overt policy of neo-colonial extraction—while ending development assistance and ceding genuine diplomacy to China and Russia—is … staggering.
It’s a charming regurgitation of this piece of propaganda from WWII:
April 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It’s a charming regurgitation of this piece of propaganda from WWII:
In case anyone had doubts abut the relationship Moscow thinks it’s building with Washington, this is from the website of Russia’s SVR (foreign intelligence service):
April 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In case anyone had doubts abut the relationship Moscow thinks it’s building with Washington, this is from the website of Russia’s SVR (foreign intelligence service):
April 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Four liberal justices?
March 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Four liberal justices?
Ever notice how Musk never bothers to query his own AI? Or does Grok also have a well-known left-wing bias?
March 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Ever notice how Musk never bothers to query his own AI? Or does Grok also have a well-known left-wing bias?
It is heartening to see principled UK and European support for Ukraine — but I think this formulation by No10 is a mistake.
Europe cannot afford to give Washington a veto over security in Ukraine and on the continent as a whole.
Europe cannot afford to give Washington a veto over security in Ukraine and on the continent as a whole.
March 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It is heartening to see principled UK and European support for Ukraine — but I think this formulation by No10 is a mistake.
Europe cannot afford to give Washington a veto over security in Ukraine and on the continent as a whole.
Europe cannot afford to give Washington a veto over security in Ukraine and on the continent as a whole.
It bears repeating: The only negotiations that will end the war in Ukraine are those between Ukraine and Europe.
February 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It bears repeating: The only negotiations that will end the war in Ukraine are those between Ukraine and Europe.
The look on Ben Franklin’s face says it all…
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The look on Ben Franklin’s face says it all…
Thanks to @gzeromedia.com for the shoutout!
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February 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Thanks to @gzeromedia.com for the shoutout!
Subscribe to TL;DRussia — for free — at tldrussia.substack.com and see what all the fuss is about 🤨
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February 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.
Gotta admit, the VPOTUS launching an ad hominem attack on the British ex-politician most known for being a paragon of civility was not on my bingo card.
January 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Gotta admit, the VPOTUS launching an ad hominem attack on the British ex-politician most known for being a paragon of civility was not on my bingo card.
